Foundations of the Future

BANNOCKBURN, Ill., USA, January 23, 2023 —The electronics manufacturing industry offers a wide range of career opportunities for all levels of education and experience. To make career searches easier, the IPC Education Foundation (IPCEF)...

Charlene: Today I'm gonna have a conversation with Hannah Nelson. She is the president of our IPC student chapter at Valparaiso University and she also serves as the IPC student board liaison officer representing the IPC student members on the IPC...

The benefits of hosting a webinar far outweigh the planning side of it. The term “Webinar” is in actual fact the abbreviated form of “web seminar”, and that is exactly what it sounds like: a seminar that takes place online,...

What better way to learn about the careers the electronics manufacturing industry has to offer than hearing from young professionals in the industry. The idea to host another career panel discussion webinar was inspired by a recent article I read...

The electronics industry faces the challenge of attracting talent. The IPC Education Foundation (IPCEF) aims to help solve this challenge by increasing awareness of the industry and equipping students with valuable industry-standard education to...

Looking back on our second year, the IPC Education Foundation (IPCEF) takes pride in how we how we adjusted our engagement initiatives during the pandemic. We couldn’t rely on our original strategy of hosting and attending a range of...

By Aaron Birney, Education Program Manager for IPC

Universities Face Tough Decisions

When the pandemic hit the United States in February and March, nearly every college and university shifted to fully virtual learning. It was a challenging time...

Webinars are great communication tools. You get the immediacy of a real-time live event and the opportunity for conversation and collaboration. Your audience can ask questions and receive immediate feedback. The webinar can also be recorded for...

Breadboards are prototyping tools used to build electronic circuits. Users can make connections and build circuits that perform a variety of tasks. Beginner breadboard projects use a variety of components to makes sounds, blink LEDs, build sensors...

_{French scientist, Jules François Joubert, developed a method that automated the contact rotation of waveform imaging.}

Over at All About Circuits, Chantelle Dubois, has been writing a series of blog posts on the history of the...